title: Association of transforming growth factor-beta 1 polymorphisms with genetic susceptibility to TNM stage I or II gastric cancer.
abstract: Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta1) inhibits the proliferation of tumors in early stages of cancers, whereas it promotes tumor growth and metastasis in later stages of cancers. To examine the effect of the TGF-beta1 polymorphisms on gastric cancer risk, we studied the association between C-509T and T+29C (Leu10Pro) polymorphisms in TGF-beta1 and gastric cancer risk in 414 cases and 414 controls in the Chinese population. When the overall gastric cancer cases were compared with the controls, no significant difference was found in genotype distributions for both the polymorphisms examined. However, when stratified by tumor stage, the -509T and +29C allele carriers had a 0.57-fold (95% CI = 0.36-0.90) and a 0.58-fold (95% CI = 0.36-0.91) decreased risk of TNM stage I+II gastric cancer, respectively, as compared with non-carriers. We conclude that TGF-beta1-509T and +29C alleles may have a protective role in the development of stage I+II gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Pin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jian-Zhong
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Di
authors.forename: Zhong-Zheng
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Hui-Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guanshan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Lifang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1